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Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn whipped up enough votes to move a funding bill forward to the governor's desk after Republicans slipped $2 million for private school vouchers in at the last minute.

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GOP Leaders Trick House Into Sending $2 Million to Private Schools

Mississippi will use millions in taxpayer dollars to fund private schools after Republican leaders in the Legislature secretly slipped funds into a bill for state construction projects.

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